- membership of thirty-seven. TS | WYU;Y by eee) ei a VOLUME IV. Be Thankful BY ETTA JOHNSON O give thanks on Thanksgiving day! For harvest is garnered, all put away; And we are thankful, for winter is near, All safely gathered the fruits of the year. The apples in the cellar, wheat in the bin; Big golden pumpkins, all gathered in; Corn safely housed in crib and rack; Hay in the loft or safe in the stack. We’re thankful for sun and wind and rain, That warmed and watered the growing grain, For harvest just garnered, and flock and herd, Give thanks unto Him from heart and by word. We're thankful for shelter, also for food; Thankful for raiment and increasing brood; Thankful for happiness, health and love, To Him who sends blessings to us from above. —Housekeeper. Me Me WOULD INCREASE MEMBERS While Woodmen Are Getting a Mil- lion We Should Be Busy Cone, Mich:—McKenzie Camp 3018 has been organized eighteen months and is doing fine, considering there are five lodges in this little place, three of them fraternal societies. We have a We are in favor of the Royal Neighbors of America having a cry as well as the Modern Woodmen of America. Of course we cannot cry a million yet, but why not 100,000 for 1905 ‘and every- one try and make it good. We are very much pleased at the prospect of new rituals, also at the decision that we may wear our robes in public. The Modern Woodmen camp at this place have truly used us royally, especially on installation evening, January 10, when we were invited to join them. They did the honors of the banquet in fine style, washing dishes. All the tables were trimmed with purple crepe paper and purple and white flowers. Whenever we give an entertainment of any kind we can depend on their help and we consider it due to their help and patronage that we now boast over $70 in our treasury. Our mem- bers all work for the good of the order and we have worked for some- thing beside ourselves. We had a Royal Neighbor fair September 4 and are to take the money earned to buy an organ for the church of this place. We have the good luck to rent a hall with dining hall attached and furnished with dishes and piano, lights, and heat; all for the sum of $18 a year. We wish camps without halls could have the same privilege. Among the enter- tainments we have given are two dances, which brought us in about $60; a conundrum supper netting us $25, and we pieced a silk quilt and a robe that brought us almost $30. We have about fifty copies of the bill of fare of the conundrum supper left and will send one to any Neighbor upon receipt of addressed and stamped envelope. \We have badges and banners and have just purchased a fine altar. We pay our recorder a salary and we think she earns it, too. We presented our oracle with a nice ring as a small token of our appreciation of her serv- ices. We sent a delegate to the state camp at Lansing and derived much benefit therefrom. We would advise all camps just starting to do the same. We were invited to Adrian to visit Maple City Camp of that place Feb- ruary last. The Modern Woodmen were f EDITORIAL OFFICE., ROCK ISLAND, ILL. invited at the same time by the Adrian M. W. A. to visit them also. There were about thirty Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen accepted the in- vitation. Each camp had candidates to initiate and the Royal Neighbors saw the work exemplified correctly for the first time. After both camps were through with the work the Royal Neighbor camp invited the Modern Woodmen to partake of a banquet. After supper we were treated to a fine program of music and _ recitations, something amusing being furnished until 4 o’clock in the morning, when we all gave Maple City Camp three cheers and left on the train for home. NOVEMBER, 1908. | {PUBLINCOLN, NEB.” them and expect in a short time to have a drill team to be proud of. The camp gave an entertainment in honor of the young ladies joining and served refreshments of ice cream and cake, also gave them a dance. Sunny South Camp will also have in the future an orchestra, called the “Sunny South Orchestra,” composed of piano, violin, guitar, and two mandolins. The orchestra made its initial appearance the same evening. With other musical features on the program the evening was one of the most enjoyable that the camp has even held. We also had two visitors from Seattle, Wash. Mrs. J. W. Morris. Receiver. HON. A. R. TALBOT, Head Consul M. W. of A.—A Loyal Royal Neighbor. We were a jolly crowd that landed in Cone the next morning telling every- one what a good time we all had had. We have a nice attendance and try to have a program for every meeting. We also have what we call a penny march. We use the same march as in balloting, dropping our pennies in- stead of ballots. The money is used for buying flowers or delicacies for the sick Neighbors. A. NEIGHBOR. Me ee To Have a Drill Team Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 8—Sunny South Camp 2303, at their regular meeting, September 7, initiated eight young ladies (the number to be in- creased to twelve) to act as the reg- ular and permanent drill team for the camp. We have a’captain from the Woodmen forester team to drill PROGRESSING IN MINNESOTA Supervising Deputy Cushing Writes of the Good Work St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 9.—This month starts out with better prospects for work than we have had since Supreme Camp. I can only account for the lull by the fact that so many of the best workers in this state were so seriously injured in the _ street-car accident. Deputy Josie Briggs reports two camps nearly completed this month and you will note it is only the ninth. Mrs. Mary J. Rodenback, of Devils Lake, N. D., reports two camps in less than a month. The wide-awake old camps are sending in requests to have the local camp solicitors’ time extended. Every camp in St. Paul is working under this system, with the result that every NUMBER 11. meeting they have several adoptions. In this Banner Camp is always ahead. They work entirely for beneficial mem- bers. Mrs. Minnie Eaton, of Sandstone, writes that their camp has taken an up-hill run. I visited them in August and secured several beneficial members and instructed them in the work, and for a camp which had hard times to have a quorum they now have well attended meetings, with adoptions for every meeting. Mrs. Anna Kidd also writes a simi- lar letter from her camp. In this case I secured a large class, and had the team from Spring Valley come to ex- emplify the work. On account of a severe storm only four appeared for adoption. Since that time the entire class has been adopted, making both these camps prosperous. In both cases they have solicitors from their own members. The old camp solicitor pro- duced nearly as many adoptions last month as did the new camps. ; Anyone who might be interested in becoming a Royal Neighbor in the state of Minnesota, North or South Dakota and who lives in a town where there is a Woodman camp, but no Royal Neighbor camp, will find it is to her interest to correspond with me. We are desirous of having a camp of our society in every town where there is a Woodman camp. The deputies all re- port good work under way. ‘Going to do” sounds well, but what we want, is “having done.” Royally yours, Mrs. MAGGIE CUSHING, Supervising Deputy for Minnesota, North and South Dakota. we Me The First Camp in Maryland On October 8 Mrs. Susie M. Boas, special deputy supreme oracle for the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware, forwarded her first report of work east, having completed a camp at Hagerstown, Md., with a beneficiary membership of seventeen and a total membership of twenty-two. Mrs. Boas left for her new field of work on September 1 and reports havy- ing good prospects for additional camps in Maryland, and will soon visit other states in her new territory and we hope ere long that she will have planted our banner firmly in these eastern states, also will be able to se- cure resident deputies. Any woman desiring employment as a deputy supreme oracle in any of the above named states or in any of the states in the jurisdiction should apply direct to my office or to the supervis- ing deputy of her state for informa- tion in regard to necessary qualifica- tions and compensation for this work. Women who can devote their time to this work are now in great demand, and all applications for work as deputy supreme oracle will be given prompt attention. Mrs. E. D. WATT, Supreme Oracle, R. N. of A. we We should be pleased to receive a letter from each supervising deputy, before November 5, for publication in the next issue of the paper. Let us have a short letter from each telling what is being done for the advance- ment of our society in her particular jurisdiction. >